Two Children,
Two Struggles,
One Battle...
One child is Sam Robbins, a powder monkey aboard HMS Victory, the ship in which Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson will die a hero's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The other is Molly Jennings, an English girl transplanted from London to the United States in 2006, fighting a battle of her own against loss and loneliness.
This extraordinary time-shifting adventure tells the interwoven stories of Sam and Molly, linked by a mystery. Sam is a farm boy, kidnapped at eleven years old by the "press gang" to serve in the Royal Navy. At first terrified and seasick, Sam is transformed gradually into a sailor. In the rowdy, dangerous world of a hundred-gun warship enduring the Napoleonic Wars, he meets both cruelty and kindness, and survives a fearsome battle whose echoes reach through the years to involve Molly as well. Like Sam, Molly has lost her childhood but will find her future, with help from a very unexpected source.
Separate yet together, Sam Robbins and Molly Jennings struggle through fear and excitement to a final ordeal that terrifyingly tests their courage. And the moving climax of the book shows two lives joined forever by the touch of Nelson, one of the greatest sailors of all time.
Two Struggles,
One Battle...
One child is Sam Robbins, a powder monkey aboard HMS Victory, the ship in which Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson will die a hero's death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The other is Molly Jennings, an English girl transplanted from London to the United States in 2006, fighting a battle of her own against loss and loneliness.
This extraordinary time-shifting adventure tells the interwoven stories of Sam and Molly, linked by a mystery. Sam is a farm boy, kidnapped at eleven years old by the "press gang" to serve in the Royal Navy. At first terrified and seasick, Sam is transformed gradually into a sailor. In the rowdy, dangerous world of a hundred-gun warship enduring the Napoleonic Wars, he meets both cruelty and kindness, and survives a fearsome battle whose echoes reach through the years to involve Molly as well. Like Sam, Molly has lost her childhood but will find her future, with help from a very unexpected source.
Separate yet together, Sam Robbins and Molly Jennings struggle through fear and excitement to a final ordeal that terrifyingly tests their courage. And the moving climax of the book shows two lives joined forever by the touch of Nelson, one of the greatest sailors of all time.
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Hardback Editions
August 2008 : Library Binding
| Title: Victory Author(s): Susan Cooper ISBN: 1-4395-4168-X / 978-1-4395-4168-5 Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
2007 : Hardback
| Title: Victory Author(s): Susan Cooper Publisher: Boje Verlag Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
June 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Victory Author(s): Susan Cooper ISBN: 1-4169-1477-3 / 978-1-4169-1477-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Victory Author(s): Susan Cooper ISBN: 0-370-32891-4 / 978-0-370-32891-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Bodley Head Children's Books Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Victory Author(s): Susan Cooper ISBN: 1-4169-1478-1 / 978-1-4169-1478-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Aladdin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Victory Author(s): Susan Cooper ISBN: 0-552-55415-4 / 978-0-552-55415-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Corgi Childrens Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
2006 : Paperback
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Other Editions
December 2007 : Unknown
| Title: Victory -Lib Author(s): Susan Cooper ISBN: 1-4178-2219-8 / 978-1-4178-2219-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Topeka Bindery Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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